revers
Americannoun
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revers
plural
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a part of a garment turned back to show the lining or facing, as a lapel.
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a trimming simulating such a part.
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the facing used.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of revers
Borrowed into English from French around 1865–70
Example Sentences
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These were our founding fathers, the people everyone revers so much!
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2016
Their jackets favor fingertip lengths, have revers and collars.
From Time Magazine Archive
Albee claimed his first wave in the "sudden death" heat, a 7.5 pt barrel to backside revers for the win.
From Time Magazine Archive
This king, of which thou hast herd sein, Fro Troie as he goth hom ayein Be Schipe, he fond the See divers, With many a wyndi storm revers.
From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by G. C. (George Campbell) Macaulay
He wears a red waistcoat cut short and fastened with brass buttons, and a loose cloth coat ornamented with embroidered revers.
From The Evolution of Fashion by Florence Mary Gardiner
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